Check-row attachment for corn-planters



(No Model.)

J. KAYLOR& J FISHER. CHECK ROW ATTACHMENT FOR CCRN PLANTERS.

No. 282,532. A Patented Aug. 7, 1883.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN fiAYLonANn Jnssnrisntnn, on nncnrun, ILLINOIS.

CHECK-ROW ATTACHMENT} FOR CORN-PLANTERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent-No. 282,532, dated August 7, 1883,

Application filed November 21. 1882.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHNrKAYLOR and J nssn FIsHER, citizens of the United States,

and residing, respectively, at Decatur, in the 5 county of Macon and Stateof Il1inois,rhave invented a new and useful Improvement in Check-Row Attachments for Corn-Planters, of

which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in that class of checkrowers in which, to operatethe same, the knot ted wire or cord is transferred across the planter when in use; and it consists in the construe tion and arrangement of that part which con I stitutes the center movement or mechanism;

and, also, in the combination therewith of the self-adjusting guide-pulley frame located at the outer ends of the bar, for the purpose of guiding the wire on an easy curve in either direction, all of which will behereinafter more 2 5 complete.

fully described, and such as we believe to be new pointed out in the claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a plan view of the attachment Fig. 2 is a side view of the center mechanism, andillustrates the manner of connecting with the shake-bar or seed-slides. Fig. 3 representsa knot or stop in section, showing the manner of uniting the two sections of wire and thereby securingthe button. Fig. 4 is an to pass out after a stroke is finished.

O is a circular disk,'the two opposite quarters of the periphery of which are divided into gear-teeth c, which engage with the pinion D. On the upper surfaceof the diskG is cast a bar, 0, which extends a littlepast the teeth, for the purpose of afiording a suitable connection with the vibrating tappets B B through the medium of the rods a a, so that when the knot or stop on the wire comes in contact with the arm B at one side it revolves the disk one-fourth round and sets the arm B at the other side in position to engage with the (No model.)

knot as it passes longitudinally with the bar. Thus the vibrating tappets or arms B B swing to and from each other when operated by the knots or stops on the wire. By this oscillating'movement of the disk 0 the'pini on D makes one half revolution, setting the adjustable wrist-pins on the center at the terminus of each stroke. I

E is a self-adjusting guidepulley frame, pivoted at e to the plate c, which is secured to the ends ofthe bar A. This frame F supports four guide-pulleystwo large ones, f f, at the outer extremities, and two smaller ones, f f at the innerwhich serve as guides to the wire (Z and avoid making short bends in said wire, which are so injurious both to the wire and to its accuracy of checking. The adjustment or swing of the frame F is clearly illustrated in Fig. 1. The wire coming in on the left-hand side of the figure, crossing-the machine, is laid down on theright hand as the machine is drawn across the field, thus guiding the wire through the vibrating tappets or arms B B, thereby operating the shake-bar 9 (see Fig. 2) through the medium of the swinging-arm or lever H and connecting-rod h, which is fitted onto the crank-pin d of the pinion D. The connection between the shake-bar g and lever H is similar to those already in use. The base-plate e is hinged at i, so that the guide-pulley frame E may be raised and swung over onto the top of the bar, thus making the machine more compact for convenience of transportation.

The knot or stop F is made of malleable metal, with an oblong hole,j, asuitable size to receive two sections of wire, and is secured.

thereto by simply twisting each protruding end. around the main wire, as shown. This forms an enlargement on each side of the knot that cannot be drawn through the oblong hole.

We are aware that bifurcated levers operated alternately by a knotted wire have been used to impart alternating motion to seeddropping devices connected thereto; and, also, that such seed-dropping devices have been operated by the rotation of centrally-located geared wheels intermittently connected therewith; and, further, that wire-supp orting devices have been constructed with a hinge, so that they could be folded inward when desired. NVe therefore do not claim such constructions,

broadly.

What we claim is- 1. In a check-row attachment for corn-planters, the disk 0, provided with cross-bar c, in combination with the pinion D, connectingrod h, and shaking devices, the vibrating tappet-s or forks B B, and the connecting-rods a a,

substantially as shown and described.

2. The combination, withthe disk 0, formed with gear-teeth on portions of its periphery,

and the cross-bar c, integral therewith, of the pinion-D, engaging with and operated intermittently by said disk, the forks or tappets B B, and connecting-rods a a, and the pivotedand hinged wire-guides E, substantially as shown and described.-

3, The automatically-adjusted hinged pulley-frame E, provided with separated outer pulleys, ff, and inner pulleys, f f, located in close proximity to each other, and the hinge i, whereby said frame is adapted to be folded 20 toward the center of the machine, substantially as described.

JOHN KAYLOR. JESSE FISHER.

Vitnesses WILLIAM BoLn, PETER HALMBAOHER. 

